Teacher Leadership & the Teacher Leader Academy

Teacher Leadership & the Teacher Leader Academy is presented by NJEA’s PDII Division. Join us for an overview of the Teacher Leader Academy and the benefits of being a teacher leader.

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Growing Healthy Minds Project ECHO

Purpose: The Growing Healthy Minds Project ECHO brings together school physicians, school nurses, school counselors, school administrators, educators, and other school-based mental health professionals from across the state to improve mental health support for middle and high school students. Participants will collaborate to achieve the goal of improving understanding of how to promote holistic mental/behavioral wellbeing

Infusing Civics, New Jersey, and Economics into High School United States History

Livington Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue Lucy Stone Hall, A352-354, Piscataway, NJ, United States

Presented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education. New Jersey law requires the infusing of civics, the study of New Jersey, and economics into the mandated high school United States History courses. This workshop will provide sample lessons and strategies to help teachers meet this requirement. The workshop will

Teaching the Truth about Colonialism

Most Americans have learned an oversimplified version of colonial America that leaves out the voices and stories of enslaved Africans, Indigenous people and indentured servants.

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Fair Isn’t Always Equal: Virtual Book Study with Learning Resource Center South

VIRTUAL BOOK STUDY Assessments can do more than just provide grades. They can be powerful and equitable ways to engage and motivate students, differentiate instruction, and support student agency, particularly in differentiated, inclusive classroom contexts. Fair Isn't Always Equal : Assessing & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom (2nd Ed.) offers an approach to assessment and

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Teaching Inclusively: African American History Across the Curriculum

Continuing Professional Development for NJ Teachers Teaching Inclusively: African American History Across the Curriculum The Amistad Curriculum serves as a model for districts across the country of what should be occurring within classrooms. The empowerment of educators to effectively infuse African American history into their curriculum is essential to its success. This experience is focused

Teaching Controversial Issues and Media Literacy

Livington Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue Lucy Stone Hall, A352-354, Piscataway, NJ, United States

Presented by Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences New Jersey Center for Civic Education. We live in a highly partisan era and teachers are concerned about how to address controversial issues in a non-partisan manner that creates a safe classroom environment and promotes civil discourse. Media literacy is a key aspect of this. This workshop

Nazism in America: The Front of Youth Camps

Kean Skylands 243 Mount Paul Road, Oak Ridge, NJ

Dr. Krasner, a historian and prize winning poet, will present the history of the Bund in America, the establishment of these camps with a special emphasis on Nordland.